Calculus Quote by Edward Mills Purcell

The "seriousness" of a mathematical theorem lies, not in its practical consequences, which are usually negligible, but in the significance of the mathematical ideas…

— G. H. Hardy

It is not so much whether a theorem is useful that matters, but how elegant it is.

— Stanislaw Ulam

The calculus was the first achievement of modern mathematics and it is difficult to overestimate its importance. I think it defines more unequivocally than…

— John von Neumann

“The beauty of a mathematical theorem depends a great deal on its seriousness, as even in poetry the beauty of a line may depend…

— G.H. Hardy

Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means ...

— Henri Poincare

Isolated, so-called "pretty theorems" have even less value in the eyes of a modern mathematician than the discovery of a new "pretty flower" has…

— Hermann Hankel

The greatest unsolved theorem in mathematics is why some people are better at it than others.

— Adrian Mathesis

Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means. The geometer might be…

— Henri Poincare

Theorems are fun especially when you are the prover, but then the pleasure fades. What keeps us going are the unsolved problems.

— Carl Pomerance

Averages are mean.

— Nikhil Saluja

Mathematics is merely the means to a general and ultimate knowledge of man.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

It is well known that the central problem of the whole of modern mathematics is the study of transcendental functions defined by differential equations.

— Felix Klein